I have a second-hand Macbook with Leopard. I set my e-mail account correctly (I can send and receive e-mails), but when I send an e-mail, the name of the sender is the one of the former owner of the laptop (although the e-mail adress is mine). I already changed my name in the Mail---> Preferences menu.
How could I solve this?
Thank you very much!!
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Sorry, I was wrong. Both the sender name and the e-mail adress when I send an e-mail are the ones of the previous owner...
Hello,
Check Mail>Preferences>Composing>Addressing for Send new mail from...
Thanks for trying...but still not working.. 😕
If you have the 10.5 Leopard disks, reinstallling the operating system from scratch would surely give you peace of mind that this Macbook is now yours and that you are not simply an interloper using someone else's old software and old accounts etc.
Starting afresh will be empowering!
If you don't have the disks, your Macbook will run 10.6 and the DVD can be purchased for only $20.
Here is a U.S. link, but the idea is the same.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Yes...I will definitely have to reinstall the operating system...
Thanks to both of you!
Just had to do the same thing. Once you go to Composing>Addressing>Send and change user, then go back to accounts and Outgoing Mail Server. Choose Edit SMTP from the drop down list. Choose the correct server (I was changing to Gmail from Me), then hit Advanced and ensure the username and password are updated there.
Unable to change user name in Mail
